Baby Hat Knitting Patterns

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Know what yarn weight you need. Decide what color of yarn you prefer. Remember that not all parents want pink for a girl or blue for a boy. Consider a gender neutral color or primary color. Consider choosing a variegated baby yarn instead of a solid color.

There are also some new yarns that form a pattern as you knit. Select the right needles. Many baby hat patterns require size 6 4mm needles. Start with straight needles if you are just beginning to knit. Circular needles are generally used by more advanced knitters. Determine how big your needles need to be. The needle size determines how big the loops are in your hat, and the wrong needles may lead to the hat being the wrong size. Note that there are metric and US sizes, so you may need to convert the size.

Cast on your knitting. Casting on is the way that you begin your knitting by creating a row of loops on one of your needles. See How to Knit for step-by-step instructions for casting on. Cast on 60 loops if using 4mm needles more if the hat is not for a newborn. Hold your needles so that the left needle has the knitting on it, the needle points are facing away from you, and the yarn is leaving the needle to the right, on the bottom side of the needle. Knit a 5 inch swath using a basic knit stitch.

Hold the needle with the cast-on loops in your left hand and pass the needle in your right hand through the stitch and behind your left needle. Wrap a loop of yarn counter-clockwise around the right needle point. Pull the right needle off through the stitch on the left side, and push the top stitch off of the left needle. Each knit stitch will add one loop to the needle on the right and remove one from the needle on the left.

When you finish a row, change the needles to your other hands so that you start each row with the knitting on the left needle. Be sure your knitting trails to the right as you are knitting, towards the at first empty needle. Taper off for the top of the hat.

After knitting for about 5 inches, begin to decrease the length of your knitting. Continue the 2-stitch decrease until you have only one loop left on your needle. Cut off your extra yarn. Be sure to leave yourself a nice long tail of yarn for sewing the sides of the hat together. Tie the tail in a simple knot where it leaves the knitting before you begin to stitch with it.

Sew the hat together. Use a large sewing needle or a bobby pin, sew the hat sides together. Weave the excess yarn in and out along the two sides. Tie off the end and cut off the remaining tail. Flip your hat inside out. Decide how you want to give your hat as a gift. Crocheting with one hand can be a challenge, but it can be done. There are many different techniques depending upon your situation.

Some Internet research and YouTube videos may help you find the style best suited to your needs. If you can figure out how to crochet with one hand, you can crochet anything, including this baby hat! Don't give up, take the challenge! Not Helpful 4 Helpful 9. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 3. Look for a list of abbreviations on your knitting pattern. It should give you the the list of stitches required there.

Not Helpful 11 Helpful 8. I had a similar issue when I was using two unattached yarns. My mom just told me to tie the pieces of the yarn together double knot and cut the excess. The crown brim is knit flat and the stitches are picked up for the rest of the hat.

The hat is fastened with a tied bow. The original bonnet was handmade from Spain and was placed on Charlotte the wrong way. Rian has added pics of it worn the right way. Marji LaFreniere created 4 cute baby hat patterns — a hat topped with a rose, a gingham hat, and two bird hats.

Michele Sabatier designed this popular newborn hat. Casey Braden designed this cute easy hat for newborns though it looks like it will be easy to do for larger sizes. The sweater is not included in the hat pattern but the page contains a link to the sweater pattern which is not free.

Hat inspired by classic tattoo Mom in heart design. Available in English and Spanish. In both English and Norwegian. This hat is part of a set that also includes matching diaper cover and booties. One of 7 pattern sets in the ebook Diaper Cover Sets. Sizes , , and months.

Can be sized for babies, children, and adults. This adorable cloche-style hat features a simple but striking twist formed with 1 cable row, a rolled brim that is easily adjusted to change the length of the hat.

Preemie 0—3 months, 3—9 months, 9 months—2T There is also an adult version. The pattern is written for seven sizes: Learn about the latest pattern collection pages on my site with this free email newsletter.

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Cable Panache Baby Hat Cute earflap hat with cable band. Get the free knitting pattern Get additional sizes and pdf available on Etsy. Otis Baby Hat This baby hat features 3 cable panels and was originally sized for newborns, though other Ravelrers have adapted the pattern for other sizes.